Name: Brian Siano Source: unca20100401.htm To Barney, re that comment of Charles de Lint's re jet packs: I'm surprised that anyone'd dredge up that old joke anyway. How many times have we heard the old "If this is the future, where's my jet pack?" line? It's always jet packs, hovercars, and Moon ba...

Name: Brian Siano Source: unca20100401.htm Dan O'Bannon earned a fine career appreciation in, of all places, _Vanity Fair_. It's at http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2009/12/remembering-dan-obannon-father-of-alien.html, and they use the shot in _Dark Star_ that almost always has me on the flo...

Name: Brian Siano Source: unca20100401.htm Harlan: Glad you liked the Philcon stuff. As I'd written, I still see the flaws, the half-completed elements, the glitches. It ain't nowhere near the realms of a Milton Glaser. But, the praise and appreciation it got me means that I'll do much better next ...

Name: Brian Siano Source: unca20100219.htm Harlan: Glad you liked the Philcon stuff. As I'd written, I still see the flaws, the half-completed elements, the glitches. It ain't nowhere near the realms of a Milton Glaser. But, the praise and appreciation it got me means that I'll do much better next ...

Name: Brian Siano Source: unca20100401.htmBob, I'd suggest that you get Harlan's permission _first_ before posting that PDF of "Death Climb." We all appreciate the gesture, but it'd be best to ask first.

Name: Brian Siano Source: unca20100219.htmBob, I'd suggest that you get Harlan's permission _first_ before posting that PDF of "Death Climb." We all appreciate the gesture, but it'd be best to ask first.

Name: Brian Siano Source: unca20100401.htm As if to make amends for the ugliness over the Ellison-writing-the-next-Star-Trek-movie, the i09 website (http://io9.com/5419639/why-harlan-ellison-may-be-a-good-thing-for-new-trek) puts the brakes on and asks-- why is this such a bad idea? "...consider th...

Name: Brian Siano Source: unca20100219.htm As if to make amends for the ugliness over the Ellison-writing-the-next-Star-Trek-movie, the i09 website (http://io9.com/5419639/why-harlan-ellison-may-be-a-good-thing-for-new-trek) puts the brakes on and asks-- why is this such a bad idea? "...consider th...

Name: Brian Siano Source: unca20100401.htm Congratulations. And let's just meditate on this; the author of "A Boy and his Dog," "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream," "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World," "Croatoan," "The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World," "The Whimper...